This is the Parole Board鈥檚 Oral Hearing Guide for members.
The guide was revised in July 2014 and the most recent amendments were made in August 2018.
Contents Page
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Chapter 1: Pre-Hearing Issues
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The Parole Board Rules
Member Case Assessment (MCA)
The Role of the Panel Chair
Disclosure/withholding information
Mental Health cases
Deferrals
Chapter 2: Roles & Responsibilities
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Participants in the hearing
Chapter 3: The Hearing/Procedural Issues
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Inquisitorial or Adversarial
Panels
Privacy
Order of evidence
Admissibility of evidence
Other Matters
Facilities
Chapter 4: The Decision
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Decisions
Release Tests
Secretary of State鈥檚 directions
The Resettlement Plan
Licence conditions
Reasons
Foreign National Prisoners subject to deportation
Chapter 5: Equal Treatment/Diversity Issues
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Introduction
Prisoners with physical disabilities
Prisoners with learning disabilities
Children and Young People
Female prisoners
Transgender prisoners
Foreign language speakers
Annexes
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August 2018 Changes
References to previous versions of the Parole Board Rules have been updated to the Parole Board Rules (2016).
References to the 鈥業ntensive Case Management鈥� process have been updated to the 鈥楳ember Case Assessment鈥� process.
Paragraph 2.2.1 in Chapter 4 (determinate sentence cases after recall) has been changed.
Annex A has been updated to the Parole Board Rules 2016.
Annex E has been updated to the same version as that of Annex 1 in the MCA Guidance.